Freezer Burn

I have about 17 minutes before I find out if my cheese straws will turn out all right.

I hate this waiting.

So, the new rule is this: don't assume that the puff pastry I bought a year ago will be okay a year later. In fact, if it has freezer burn, it might be best to rush out to the grocery store and buy a new package, rather than try and make the stuff I got out of the depths of the freezer — because I was too cheap to buy real ingredients for this pot luck — along with some other fresh stuff and keep myself from panicking like I am now.

Short cuts — and being a cheapskate — is never worth it.

Better go check the oven, again.